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The European Bread Museum (german: Europäisches Brotmuseum), in
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, is a rurally located museum dedicated to the historical development of
breadmaking Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made food ...
and related subjects in Europe. Through displays and demonstrations, the museum shows the history of grain
farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
in Europe, processing of grain, milling, baking of bread,
bread Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...
in art, and other subjects. Gardens, functioning re-constructed ovens (beginning with the neolithic), a
windmill A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called windmill sail, sails or blades, specifically to mill (grinding), mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and ...
and a
watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of ...
, bread wagons, farm machinery, documents, and tools and equipment for preparing bread are among the objects to be seen.


See also

* Bread in Europe#Germany *
List of food and beverage museums This is a list of food and beverage museums. Food museums, beverage museums and wine museums generally provide information about how various foodstuffs are produced or were historically produced. Many of these museums are owned and operated by spe ...


External links


Museum's home-page
(in German) Museums in Lower Saxony Food museums in Germany {{LowerSaxony-struct-stub